Using Design Thinking Methodology to Design Solutions for Your Community 7:00 - 8:00 PM
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Have you seen a challenge in the community that you would like to fix? Would you like to learn problem-solving steps that can be used to address this challenge? Join speaker Meaghan Kennedy for this creative problem-solving session that will demonstrate the steps in the design thinking process, which can be used to generate creative solutions to problems. Learn how to use design thinking to understand challenges, build empathy for users, brainstorm ideas, and prototype and iterate on possible solutions. This process can also be used to define an entrepreneurial idea or an idea for your own business.
Meaghan Kennedy, MPH founded Orange Sparkle Ball after graduating from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University and conducting HIV research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Orange Sparkle Ball is an innovation and impact consultancy that accelerates initiatives in the private and public sector, as well as works with startups. Meaghan has taught at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She has been a guest reviewer at Georgia Tech since 2007, a judge and mentor for the Global Social Venture Competition and Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA), a mentor for social entrepreneurs, and is frequently invited to sit on innovation and entrepreneurial panels.
